Size guide · coffee cup sizes in oz, ml and millimetres
Coffee Cup Sizes
Coffee cup sizes don’t vary much: a 4 oz espresso cup at the small end, a 24 oz iced cup at the big end, and a few steps in between. Here’s every one in oz and ml, measured off the cups we print, plus the café name for each and what usually goes in it.
Written by Shining · Measurements checked by our production team · Updated October 2026
Standard coffee cup sizes
Every paper cup we make is in here: single wall, double wall and cold cups. You get the capacity in oz and ml, plus the top diameter, the bottom diameter and the height.
Coffee cup sizes chart
| Size | Top diameter | Bottom diameter | Height | Comes in |
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| 4 oz · 118 ml | 62 mm · 2.4 in | 47 mm · 1.9 in | 61 mm · 2.4 in | Single wall |
| 8 oz · 237 ml | 80 mm · 3.1 in | 57 mm · 2.2 in | 90 mm · 3.5 in | Single wall, Double wall |
| 10 oz · 296 ml | 90 mm · 3.5 in | 60 mm · 2.4 in | 95 mm · 3.7 in | Single wall, Double wall |
| 12 oz · 355 ml | 90 mm · 3.5 in | 60 mm · 2.4 in | 113 mm · 4.4 in | Single wall, Double wall, Cold cup |
| 16 oz · 473 ml | 90 mm · 3.5 in | 60 mm · 2.4 in | 136 mm · 5.4 in | Single wall, Double wall, Cold cup |
| 20 oz · 591 ml | 90 mm · 3.5 in | 60 mm · 2.4 in | 162 mm · 6.4 in | Single wall, Double wall, Cold cup |
| 24 oz · 710 ml | 90 mm · 3.5 in | 60 mm · 2.4 in | 180 mm · 7.1 in | Single wall, Cold cup |
We converted ml from US fluid ounces at 29.57 ml each (the figure from NIST) and rounded to the nearest ml. Inches are rounded to one decimal. Top diameter is the rim, and that’s the number lids are made to.
How many ounces is a cup of coffee?
A cup of coffee is 8 fl oz by US measuring standards, 5 fl oz on most coffee makers, and 8 to 16 oz at a café. Who’s asking matters. Bakers mean the measuring cup. Your brewer’s manual means 5 oz. A barista means whatever cup is in reach, and at most of the shops we print for that’s an 8, 12 or 16.
How many café cups a pot fills, and how much caffeine is in an 8, 12 or 16 oz cup: read the full guide.
Coffee cup size names: short, tall, grande and venti
Short, tall, grande and venti are the coffee cup size names everybody knows, thanks to Starbucks. They’re menu words, not an industry standard. Each one just stands for a number of ounces.
| Name | Capacity | In ml |
|---|---|---|
| Short | 8 oz | 237 ml |
| Tall | 12 oz | 355 ml |
| Grande | 16 oz | 473 ml |
| Venti, hot | 20 oz | 591 ml |
| Venti, iced | 24 oz | 710 ml |
| Trenta, iced | 30 oz | 887 ml |
Small, medium and large mean nothing fixed, so order cups by the ounce. Trenta is Starbucks‘ 30 oz, iced only. Our biggest cup is 24 oz, so that’s the one row here you won’t find in our chart.
Which coffee cup size for which drink
Lattes tend to go out in 12s and 16s, cappuccinos in 8s. That’s habit, not a rule. Your recipes decide.
| Drink | Typical cup size |
|---|---|
| Espresso, macchiato | 4 oz |
| Cappuccino, flat white | 8 oz |
| Latte | 12 or 16 oz |
| Drip coffee, americano | 8, 12 or 16 oz |
| Tea, hot chocolate | 8, 12 or 16 oz |
| Iced coffee, iced latte, cold brew | 16, 20 or 24 oz cold cup |
Ice eats part of the cup, so an iced drink usually goes up a size from its hot version. Hot drinks go in single wall cups, or in double wall if you’d rather skip the sleeve. A double wall cup is our single wall cup with a second paper wall around it. Iced drinks go in our cold cups. They’re PE-coated inside and out, since a cup of ice sweats on the outside.
Lids fit by rim diameter
Lids go by rim size, not by ounces. Our 10 through 24 oz hot cups are all 90 mm across the top, and one hot lid fits every one of them. The 8 oz is 80 mm and the 4 oz is 62 mm, so they each get their own. If you sell 8, 12 and 16 oz hot, that’s two lids to keep on the shelf, not three. Cold cups are their own case: they take a cold cup lid made for them.
Check the top diameter before you order lids. Our hot cup lids page lists each lid with the cups it fits.
Print your own coffee cups
Any cup in this chart, we can print with your logo here in the USA. Single wall hot and cold cups are on our custom paper coffee cups page, and the insulated ones on double wall paper cups. Both pages price every size.
Hold the stock before you commit
The free sample box ships unprinted paper cups in the sizes you are weighing, with the written price ladder for those sizes. No card, no account.
What is in the box →In the box
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Unprinted stock
The actual cups in the sizes you are weighing: the same stock a print run uses.
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A printed wrap sample
So you can see how ink sits on that stock before your own artwork is on it.
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The written price ladder
The per-piece price at every tier for the sizes you asked about, on paper.
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A spec sheet
Sizes, lids, case packs, and print areas for what is in the box.
Questions we get
What are the standard coffee cup sizes?
For hot drinks, 8, 12, 16 and 20 oz. For espresso, 4 oz. Iced drinks run 16 to 24 oz. The chart up top has each one in ml with its diameters and height.
Which sizes do most shops order?
In double wall, 8, 12 and 16 oz. In single wall, 8, 10, 12 and 16 oz. Most of our custom orders are double wall.
How many ml is a 12 oz coffee cup?
About 355 ml. At 29.57 ml to the ounce, an 8 oz cup is about 237 ml, a 16 oz about 473 and a 20 oz about 591.
What size is a tall, grande or venti?
Short is 8 oz, tall 12, grande 16. Venti is 20 oz hot and 24 oz iced.
Do different coffee cup sizes take different lids?
Only if the rims differ. Our 10 to 24 oz hot cups share one 90 mm lid. The 8 oz and 4 oz each have their own, and cold cups take a cold cup lid.
Can I get samples before I choose a size?
Yes. The free sample box ships unprinted paper cups in the sizes you are weighing, with the written price ladder for those sizes. No card, no account.
Print your logo on the size you need.
Tell us the sizes and how many you need. You get a written quote with the per-piece price at each tier. No card and no account.